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The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 (Great Historic Disasters)
Louise Chipley Slavicek
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At approximately 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a powerful earthquake ripped through the city of San Francisco. Roadways rose and fell like ocean waves. Crumbling walls and chimneys rained glass and bricks onto sidewalks and streets, and crowded rooming houses suddenly vanished into heaps of splintered wood. Yet San Francisco's ordeal had only begun. Series: Great Historic Disasters. Num Pages: 128 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs & illustrations, sidebars, chronology & timeline,. BIC Classification: YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 386.
At approximately 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a powerful earthquake ripped through the city of San Francisco. Roadways rose and fell like ocean waves. Crumbling walls and chimneys rained glass and bricks onto sidewalks and streets, and crowded rooming houses suddenly vanished into heaps of splintered wood. Yet San Francisco's ordeal had only begun. The violent trembling of the ground had hardly stilled when dozens of fires sparked by damaged chimneys and severed gas lines ignited throughout the stricken city. By April 21st, the fires were finally brought under control, but the city had lost nearly 30,000 buildings to ... Read more
At approximately 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a powerful earthquake ripped through the city of San Francisco. Roadways rose and fell like ocean waves. Crumbling walls and chimneys rained glass and bricks onto sidewalks and streets, and crowded rooming houses suddenly vanished into heaps of splintered wood. Yet San Francisco's ordeal had only begun. The violent trembling of the ground had hardly stilled when dozens of fires sparked by damaged chimneys and severed gas lines ignited throughout the stricken city. By April 21st, the fires were finally brought under control, but the city had lost nearly 30,000 buildings to ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Chelsea House Publications
Condition
New
Series
Great Historic Disasters
Number of Pages
128
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9780791096505
SKU
V9780791096505
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About Louise Chipley Slavicek
Louise Chipley Slavicek received her master's degree in history from the University of Connecticut. She is the author of numerous periodical articles and 20 books for young people, including Israel and The Great Wall of China for Chelsea House. She lives in Ohio.
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